Barack Obama: “For too long, middle-class families went to bed at night worried that they were just one illness away from having to…”

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable